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PEEPSHOW: It’s Complicated provides people with the experience of seeing life through another’s eyes.

It’s Complicated Presents High-Energy Art Show LESLIE TUNMOREStaff Writer For people who might have dropped the ball, or heart-shaped box of candy, on Valentine’s Day this year: don’t worry, Cupid is giving out second chances.

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Squeaky Wheel is presenting its fourth edition of PEEPSHOW: It’s Complicated. This high-energy media art fundraising event will take place at the historic DNIPRO Ukranian Center on Saturday, Feb. 26.

“Media art is basically sound, video, interactive art, something that you would make on a computer or film,” said Jax Deluca, director of programming at Squeaky Wheel. “There are a lot of different levels of media art, and a lot of them are interactive.”

PEEPSHOW presents a wide array of entertainment, from interactive art pieces and wall instillations to videos and live performances. The event, which started as a fundraiser for Squeaky Wheel, has now accumulated an impressive number of artists from the Buffalo area, and around the world.

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Schussmeisters Club has encountered some financial difficulties and had to drop Holiday Valley from its lineup for the remainder of the season.

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“I just wonder how it could have come to this,” said Joseph Lee, a Schussmeisters member and research assistant in the computer science department at UB. “I wish they would have been more transparent with details on how it came down to this.”

In a letter posted on the Schussmeisters website, club director Anna Oakes, a senior political science major, detailed some of the precautions taken to avoid dropping Holiday Valley. Among these cutbacks included reducing the number of board members by two, decreasing office expenditures, and nearly eliminating advertisement.

This turned out not to be enough, and the club was faced with having to find money elsewhere.

Negotiations began with Holiday Valley and Kissing Bridge, another destination on the Schussmeisters’ schedule, to work out a deal to help with costs.

“We were unable to come to a mutual agreement with Holiday Valley that benefitted both of us,” Oakes said. “We had to go with the decision to get us through the season.”

The negotiations with Kissing Bridge were much more fruitful.

In addition to helping the club with costs, the ski resort also took the days that had been left vacant by

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“Holiday Valley Ski Resort has enjoyed a long relationship of over 30-plus years with the Schussmeisters Ski Club. We did not end the relationship and would like it to continue. Schussmeisters Ski Club reserves skiing and riding space at Holiday Valley on Wednesday and Friday nights and is offered special lift ticket pricing,” said Kristen Sciara, the assistant director of marketing and group sales manager at Holiday Valley. “Sadly, the Schussmeisters Ski Club Board decided they could no longer pay us for our tickets. They decided to cancel their nights for the rest of the season.”

“The burlesque shows are pretty, not tame, [and] sensual for sure, but it’s all local places that are doing [performing arts], so there’s belly dancing and really fun burlesque troops,” Deluca said. “It’s nothing that you would be embarrassed going to see with your grandmother or anything. Everything is very tasteful and it’s not outrageous in that sense.

I think the artists will be more outrageous than the performers.”

Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources is a nonprofit media art center that opened in 1985. The establishment provides workshops, exhibition opportunities, residency, artist support, and equipment rental to people in the local area and internationally. The main focus of Squeaky Wheel, though, is to promote and support film, digital, and audio art by media artists and community members.

UB students will also be presenting at the event.

Alice Alexandrescu, Marc Tomko, and Tim Scaffidi

“The thing that makes emerging practices a discipline in our department is that idea that our practices are still emerging, meaning that we are forging new territories,” Tomko said. “As opposed to a sculptor or painter who is constantly making work that communicates with this past history, we are making work that kind of projects forward instead of reflects backwards.”

The art piece that the trio is going to display is a formative, interactive, inverted reality piece known as ‘iSwap.’ Two prototype helmets are going to be equipped with old viewfinders from VHS camcorders and each one of them will be hooked up to a small camera. The person wearing the helmet will then have mediated visions. The viewer will experience reality in a whole new way.

“It’s almost like a 3-D old black-and-white film,” Alexandrescu said. “That’s almost what it feels like when you’re wearing this helmet. But this is just the beginning [of] the way you’re going to view the world.”

Alexandrescu explains that this will be a “team building exercise” that will generate trust between the two individuals wearing helmets who will complete simple tasks during the event.

“The iSwap comes into play when we invert the vision, that’s where inverted reality comes into play,” Alexandrescu said. “So, person A is seeing what B sees, and vice versa. What’s going to happen is that it’s going to force these people to really communicate with each other to accomplish these tasks.”

Even though it is fun, the iSwap experience can be frustrating for the two participants. The trio plans to have a sit-down session with the members who participated in the iSwap piece after the show to talk about how they felt during the performance. According to Scaffidi, the artists are going to attempt to have the participants “psycho-analyze” one another.

PEEPSHOW: It’s Complicated tickets are available at Cafe Taza, Sweetness 7, Talking Leaves, and online at www.squeaky.org. Pricing is $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

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Confusion still lingers, however, on how the situation became so dire in the first place.

“One would think that they could have either seen this coming and raised membership prices or locked into contracts with the ski resorts,” Lee said. “I feel sort of cheated.”

The answer, according to Oakes, lies in the fact that this ski season has been so good. Each year, the club reviews its previous year’s expenditures and decides on a budget for the upcoming year based on those figures. Last year turned out to be a record year for skiing – some of the best conditions in 50 years. The current year’s budget was made to match those expectations, with some extra money added on top to be safe.

Although Schussmeisters members are required to pay a flat rate for the services provided, the club itself is required to pay for each time a person skis. The conditions on the slopes led to even more skiing than last year, skyrocketing costs beyond even the previous year’s record numbers.

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Each inch that fell also piled up more excitement for members of UB’s resident ski club, Schussmeisters. This joy led to a big shock, however, when the roughly 1,800 members learned via e-mail that as of Feb. 5, the schedule would no longer include Holiday Valley, a favorite destination among many riders. The sudden change left some members confused and angry, and had many asking questions.

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the loss of Holiday Valley – Wednesday and Friday nights – and gave an option to allow members’ friends access to lift tickets for $10 on those nights. The Schussmeisters board stated, though, that it was still on good terms with Holiday Valley and is making sure that Holiday Valley will be on next year’s schedule.

This year, more than 40 artists have signed up to present at PEEPSHOW, doubling its size from last year. The event will have to utilize an entire extra floor of the DNIPRO center just to ensure that enough space is provided for all of the entertainers.

This extra floor will be turned into a dance area with music provided by AVDJ PROJEX. Belly dancing, burlesque and striptease troops will also be performing at the event.

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B.Y.O.P.: Bring Your Own Pasta MADELEINE BURNSStaff Writer When you hit the bars on Allen Street this weekend, bring more than just your thirst for good music and drinks. Grab a box of pasta as you run out the door.

On Saturday, patrons of businesses on Allen Street are invited to contribute to the first Angel Hair for the Hungry: The Allen Street Pasta Drive to benefit the Food Bank of Western New York. Organizers hope that as patrons enjoy a night out on the town, they think of those forced to spend a night out on the streets without access to meals.

Establishments including Allen Street Hardware Café, The Bend, DBGB, Holly Farms, Mulligan’s Brick Bar, Nietzsche’s, The Old Pink, and Sample are participating, and some offer discounts to those donating uncooked pasta.

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We wanted to do something different that wasn t cliché, said Jeff Garbacz, organizer of the drive.

And we came up with pasta.

The effort began with Nietzsche’s.

Garbacz, an internationally renowned visual artist, has been doing shows with Blouses for the Holy, a Led Zeppelin tribute band, at Nietzsche’s for 10 years. He realized that the draw of a popular musical event could be more than simply a lucrative enterprise for businesses.

“I figured that as long as I’m having an annual event [the show at Nietzsche’s], I might as well collect donations,” Garbacz said.

The drive is sponsored by Chef’s Restaurant, Santasiero’s Restaurant, and Insty Prints and has been announced by 97 Rock. The support of “big name” organizations has bolstered the project’s visibility, according to Garbacz.

“Once they came aboard, we said, ‘Hey, if they like it, other people probably will as well,’” Garbacz

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Earth Braces for Solar Flare Eruptions After several years of relatively low activity, researchers are predicting a series of solar flares to be ejected from the sun. The three “coronal mass ejections” will be hitting the Earth’s magnetic field throughout Friday.

The waves of charged solar particles are the strongest observed since 2006. The first flare that reached Earth was classified by NASA as an X-flare, the most intense type. The biggest flares can possibly disrupt power grids, communication systems, and satellites. The northern lights may also be visible in regions further south than normal.

Today in UB History Feb. 19, 1988 Two UB students claimed that a Buffalo Motor Coach driver assaulted them when they tried to board a school-bound bus from a local mall.

The dispute started when Seung Lee and Sungoo Lee were promised a free ride to and from the mall, but were told by the bus driver to “Pay or get out,” according to the students. The situation quickly turned violent, and in the aftermath, each party placed the blame on the other.

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While disruptions are not expected to be major, the Chinese state media has reported short wave-radio communications in the south of the country.

Solar flares are caused by sudden bursts of magnetic energy stored in the sun’s atmosphere. The source of the current three flares is believed to be from sunspot 1158, which has expanded rapidly in the past few days. Scientists will have roughly a half hour’s notice before the flares hit the Earth’s magnetic field. g

Continued from Page 1 “The skiing has been more expensive than it has ever been,” said Krista Weiderpass, club business manager and a senior business administration major.

These issues have only been compounded by a decline in membership during recent years. Normally fluctuating between around 1,500-3,000 members, the current 1,800 members is on the lower end for the club, one of the largest ski clubs in the nation.

Holiday Valley is, however, offering a special rate to Schussmeisters members for the remainder of the season.

“We are concerned about the Schussmeisters Ski Club member who is stuck in the middle. We want Schussmeisters members to ski and ride at Holiday Valley.

We have open space that was reserved for them on Wednesday and Friday nights and welcome them to join us,” Sciara said. “We are offering them a special rate directly to the skier of over 50

percent off.”

Members can go to Holiday Valley on Wednesday and Friday nights and pay $15 for a ticket, whereas the regular price on a Wednesday is $30 and $33 on Friday. Schussmeisters members can come to any ticket window with the Schussmeisters ID and pay the reduced rate.

In spite of these hardships, Schussmeisters remains on campus and running. Oakes and her colleagues admit that they will need to restructure the club to prevent these issues from occurring again, and they are welcoming feedback from its members on how to do so. They insist that they remain resolute in their dedication to keeping to their promise of affordable skiing at UB. “This tough decision was necessary to be made,” Weiderpass said. “Cutting back one mountain was better than all of them.” g

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IBM Supercomputer Dominates Jeopardy

Buffalo Man Acquitted in Marinating Cat Case

After three nights of competition on the popular trivia show Jeopardy, IBM’s supercomputer, Watson, came out victorious over the show’s most notable winners.

In August, a suburban Buffalo man was charged with animal cruelty after a live cat was found marinating in his car trunk. Gary L. Korkuc was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after the cat was found during a routine traffic stop.

Starting on Monday, Watson was put up against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, who are each legends in the long history of the game show. In past appearances, Jennings set a record, winning 74 consecutive games, while Rutter set Jeopardy’s money record, winning roughly $3 million.

Watson’s victory is seen by many as symbolic of a new era of computing. The supercomputer showed that it is possible for technology to understand and actually learn what humans are asking of it. In the show, Watson was able to handle ambiguities and puns that were never thought decipherable by anything non-human.

This new technology is particularly suited for improving efficiency in the health care industry. During the finale on Wednesday, IBM announced it would be partnering with speech recognition firm Nuance Communications to explore and commercialize Watson’s deep analytic capabilities. g

Continued from Page 1 said. “The project gained a life of its own.”

Involving other Allen Street businesses was the next logical step.

“They thought it was a great idea,” Garbacz said of the business managers. “Just one phone call is all it took. We never had any resistance from anybody. They just said ‘sure.’”

Working together for the common good is part of being a Buffalonian, according to Keri Lock, a program assistant.

“You’re making a group effort and working with other people,” Lock said. “As a donator, it becomes bigger than yourself.”

Lock also said the project goals extend past merely collecting food and embrace a mission of awareness.

“When it comes to hunger, I think there are very few of us who actually have that experience involuntarily in our lives,” Lock said. “We might miss lunch or something, but experiencing true hunger, where you don’t have the option to eat and have to rely on charity, it’s such a poignant thing.”

Lock said that the owners and managers of the participating establishments are “really excited” to be included in the effort, a thought that employees echo.

“Nietzsche’s is very proud to be a part of this,” said Valerie, a bartender. “We’ve been in this area for 30-plus years. We’re embedded in Allentown and because we’re such a woven part of this neighborhood, it’s very special to be involved.”

“That’s how we want to be. That’s how we will remain,” Valerie said.

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What officers found was a live cat allegedly marinating in a homemade mixture of peppers, spices and oil. Korkuc said the cat was ill-tempered and thought it needed punishment for being too possessive and greedy. He also claimed he was upset the cat had gotten pregnant after being spayed. This seemed odd, considering the cat is clearly a neutered male.

Police took the 4-year-old cat, named Navarro, to the SPCA, where a family has since adopted it. SPCA also made sure to note that Korkuc should never be allowed to adopt animals again. g

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She emphasized the deep commitment that Nietzsche’s has to supporting individuals in the community who need help, calling the bar a “safe haven” for those in need.

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City Judge Philip M. Marshall acquitted Korkuc Thursday afternoon of animal cruelty. Marshall stated that Korkuc was falsely accused of trying to marinate his cat and was prosecuted under an “obviously flawed” century-old law, according to reports from The Buffalo News.

Korkuc was fined $70 and was found guilty of a single vehicle and traffic charge.

Lock said she believes that when the passion of young music lovers and those running businesses on Allen Street combines with increased awareness of a social issue in Buffalo, “good things will happen for the community.”

“I think people in [Western New York] have good hearts and always want to contribute something,” Lock said. “And we make it really easy.”

Garbacz hopes that the anticipated success of the drive will lead to an expanded effort in following years.

In addition to donating to the Food Bank, he would like to partner with organizations in the immediate Allentown area, such as Friends of Night People, a charitable organization that helps the poor.

For now, however, Garbacz is content to draw on the charitable spirit of those on Allen Street. The globetrotting artist has worked in clubs in Europe, Las Vegas, California, Miami, and New York City, to name only several places.

“Of all those places, Nietzsche’s has always been my favorite place in the whole world,” Garbacz said. g

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Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex sex.

I bet the presence of that word alone got you to read this column.

I’d wager that your eyes gravitated right toward the three-letter noun/ verb/adjective/interjection, you filthy animal.

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Chevron Unlikely To Pay Anytime Soon In Pollution Lawsuit Ecuador in for lengthy legal battle

On Tuesday, an Ecuadorian court ruled that Chevron Corp. should be made to pay $8.6 billion as restitution for pollution in the Amazon jungle.

This is being considered one of the most important environmental rulings of all time, with only the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico having larger ramifications.

Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the Ecuadorian government will see any of this money anytime soon.

Chevron has not expressed any desire to pay this money, stating that it will fight the ruling both in the Ecuadorian appeals courts, as well as internationally. The case has already been going on for 18 years, and while this seems like a landmark ruling, it doesn’t look like it signifies the end of the case.

When looking at the Chevron case, it’s important to look at the time when the pollution occurred.

The pollution being disputed in this case occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, a time when environmental damage was not taken with the seriousness that it is now.

At that point in time, it was all about creating technology that could operate more efficiently, with little regard given to the damage it would do to the surrounding areas.

Obviously, times have changed. These days, there

is much more concern over the environmental damage done by corporations, as the reaction to the BP oil spill has indicated. If the pollution being discussed in this case had occurred in recent years, there likely would have been a similar uproar.

It is also important to realize that the Chevron Corp. was not actually the one responsible for the damage that was done. That would be Texaco Petroleum Co., which Chevron acquired in 2001. As a result of this, Chevron may not feel a sense of corporate responsibility.

We believe Chevron is responsible for the damages here, but we don’t expect it to acknowledge that anytime soon. Chevron is simply too powerful of a corporation. As a relatively small nation, Ecuador probably doesn’t have the resources to take on a corporation of Chevron’s stature.

In addition, the lengthy nature of the legal process is working heavily against Ecuador. Considering this battle has already gone on for nearly two decades, it’s not hard to picture it continuing on without a resolution anytime soon.

While it would be nice for Chevron to acknowledge its responsibility and pay the damages, we just don’t see it happening. This is more than likely a case of a corporation having too much power for the little guy to be able to bring it down, a harsh reality of the world we live in. g

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Assault Of Logan Reflects Danger Faced

By Journalists Attack is horrifying, but not surprising Last Friday, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was brutally attacked in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in Egypt, shortly following the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

When news of Logan’s ordeal hit American shores earlier this week, there was an understandable bit of outrage. We were shocked to think that this could happen to one of our journalists.

The reality, however, is that attacks on journalists like Logan are hardly out of the ordinary.

Many journalists were killed in the Iraq War, and when reporters are sent to hostile areas like Egypt, things like this are going to happen.

Quite simply, it is the danger a journalist assumes when he or she reports on a story in the middle of a large mob. It’s certainly horrifying, but for journalists, it is simply a fact of life.

To be clear, we are not engaging in victim blaming. Obviously, no woman deserves to be sexually

assaulted, nor does any journalist deserve to be attacked.

We are simply stating that this, unfortunately, is an all-too-common occurrence.

As young journalists ourselves, The Spectrum staff has nothing but admiration for journalists like Logan, who are willing to risk their lives, and throw themselves into the line of fire in order to get the best story. They represent the epitome of bravery, as well as integrity.

When journalists cover these sorts of areas, they are often faced with a difficult conundrum. Should they seek the maximum amount of police protection, and potentially sacrifice some quality in their reporting, or should they go for less protection, and take the most handson approach possible?

Clearly, Logan chose the latter, and while the result was horrible to say the least, we applaud her for doing so. The world needs journalists who are fearless, and willing to take risks for

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Be honest. Think of all of the other topics I could’ve written about: Egypt and the ongoing protests in the Middle East, Obama’s budget proposal, Christopher Lee’s empty seat in Congress (wait, never mind, that’s about sex), UB 3030, or the Sabres’ late playoff push, among many others.

Would any of those topics garner even close to the number of interested readers as this column, with the word ‘sex’ printed seven times at the top? Should I ask another string of leading rhetorical questions?

Here’s another wager: I’ll bet that most students at this school could tell me more about what’s happened on MTV’s Jersey Shore this season than they could tell me about any of the topics I listed before.

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

Probably.

That’s not anything new, though.

MTV has been selling sex to kids since the early days of Madonna.

And apparently, The Spectrum is trying to get a piece of the pie, too.

If you read Editor in Chief Andrew Wiktor’s Feb. 7 column, maybe you’ll understand why.

That’s actually why I’m writing this column. The past couple of issues have done well. We’re suckering all of our horny readers into some prime advertising dollars. And the advertisers are loving it, too.

This was not the first ordeal Logan has faced while reporting from Egypt. Two weeks ago, her crew was detained by the Egyptian Army and interrogated throughout the night, where it was forced to stay in “stress positions.” Clearly, Egypt is not particularly friendly to Western journalists.

See that girl in the ad for the Villas? All the girls at the Villas look like that. That’s how they all study, too, with their heads resting on their books, as they let the knowledge absorb into their heads while they smile at you and concentrate on looking hot. They’re waiting for you there. Call today to talk about a lease.

This could also be said is a lot of countries, as reporters from America tend to be perceived as the enemy, and they face numerous dangers and threats as a result of that.

Think twice, though, before you rag on us for allowing sex to dictate our actions. I’ve asked enough questions, so it’s time for you to ask yourself:

When a reporter goes to a hostile area like Egypt, this is the type of situation they are going to face.

That doesn’t mean it was Logan’s fault, or that she was asking for it. It simply means that she was doing her job as a journalist, and paid a very steep price. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way things are. g

Is there anything I do that is not based on sex in some way?

An anthropology major once told me that any form of creativity or expression – whether it be playing music, writing a story or a column or a book, painting, drawing, acting, playing a sport, etc. – is really just an evolved mating call. I liked that; it’s more romantic than how the monkeys do it. But it also trivialized everything that I do.

So even if this column was about Egypt or Obama or the Sabres, it’d really be, at its core, about sex.

When I think about that idea, I often ask: I do all of this just to get some action?

So be it. g E-mail: luke.hammill@ubspectrum.com

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Anyway, with all the sex in The Spectrum lately, you’d think that I was writing for Playboy magazine instead of a college newspaper. Not that I’d complain about that.

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Drumline Live brought the halftime show indoors.

A Culture of Rhythm, Diversity, and Joy by the Temptations.

VILONA TRACHTENBERGStaff Writer

Despite the absence of Nick Cannon, Drumline Live still managed to bring the noise and the swagger.

The Center for the Arts hosted Drumline Live Wednesday night, as an audience of hundreds watched 40 musicians and dancers from several colleges of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities perform their way through African-American musical history.

Drumline is a masterful and multi-faceted show that traces the origins of AfricanAmerican culture. The show takes the audience through the days of Motown, gospel and big band, and fuses them with current pop culture.

The show began with the act “Africa,” as dancers adorned in African garb paid homage to traditional African dances, flowing into the second act, “Drum Major/ Shout It Out.” As thunder and lighting dramatically introduced the entrance of the drum major, he proved he deserved the entrance as he kept the performers in perfect rhythm throughout the duration of the show.

These performers provided the perfect blend of sound, balance and camaraderie as they engaged the audience from the very start. The band possessed the natural ability to unite the audience and create a community of viewers as they got to their feet and sang.

The energy of the performers rubbed off on the older members in the audience, who sang and rejoiced to the songs that exemplified their youth, almost out-singing the performers on stage with their enthusiasm and nostalgia.

“That was crazy. It made me feel young again. All the different generations they went through on stage, it reminded me of… back in my day,” Parker said.

During the “Midnight Magic” aspect of the show, the younger audience members had the chance to sing and connect to the performance as well. Songs such as Usher’s “OMG” and Justin Bieber’s “Baby” merged classics with pop in a unique and entertaining way.

“I went to school here in Buffalo. I felt like part of [the show]. [The show] keeps the blood going and lets you know that you’re alive,” said Aviance Campbell of Buffalo. “I wish I had this experience when I was in college.”

Connecting yesterday and today, The King of Pop’s iconic music found its way into the setlist with “Beat It” and “Billie Jean,” as Michael Jackson’s famous dance moves elicited uproarious applause from the audience.

As the first act came to a close, pop was replaced by the classic sounds of gospel.

Naturally, no drumline show would be complete without a drum battle. As one drummer completed an entire drum roll with one stick, another soloist balanced and juggled the sticks while maintaining a steady beat, displaying both artists’ skills simultaneously.

Music connects everyone together.

“Music connects everyone together; everyone danced and enjoyed,” said Annette Parker of Buffalo.

The medleys of Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and James Brown were recreated during the act “American Soul,” as the passionate voices of these performers mimicked the singing that these legends engrained into popular culture.

Throughout the entire show, the viewers connected to the performers. One even became part of the performance, as an audience member was selected to sing “My Girl”

The night rounded out with renditions of the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis and also included an impressive dance number. As the audience members gave a standing ovation, the performers proceeded to the lobby, where they mingled with the audience while continuing to entertain with their joyful playing.

The performers graciously thanked the audience members for coming to the show as they were walking out, and left the audience members with great memories of one of the most energetic, cultural, and spiritual shows to grace the CFA stage. g

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Sex Signals Fosters Date Rape Awareness JENNIFER HARBSenior Life Editor Wednesday night brought curious students into the Student Union Theater to watch Sex Signals, the funny, sort-of improv show intended to get students talking about date rape.

Kyle Terry and Sharyn A. Culberson played the male and female roles, acting out different scenarios that college-aged students typically encounter.

Terry and Culberson discussed male and female stereotypes: women are meant to act classy, passive, and not sexually experienced –“you’re a virgin, every time.” Conversely, men are meant to act rich, suave, macho, and aggressive. By acting out a bar scene and an off-campus party scene, the audience was able to see the all-toofamiliar scenes of men and women giving off signals that might lead to a dangerous ending.

Victims are frequently left with guilt and confusion, among many other emotions. Sex Signals stressed that it is most important to gain consent, which can simply be asking whether or not one’s partner wants to have sex.

“I hope they’ll understand the effects on victims,” Culberson said. “I hope they’ll learn some skills on getting consent and actually be more comfortable about talking to each other and understand how people can be hurt by others making assumptions and acting on those assumptions.”

There are resources available for those that may believe that they have, or know someone who has, been the victim of sexual assault or date rape. Students are encouraged to visit the counseling center in Richmond in the Ellicott Complex or Wellness Education Services at 114 Student Union. Additional resources can be found online at wellness.buffalo. edu.

“We just want people to talk to someone and get the support they need,” said Anna Sotelo-Peryea, the resource and planning coordinator and violence prevention specialist at Student Health and Axl Hu /// The Spectrum Wellness. “Even if what hap“[Date rape] is one of the pened happened years ago, most underreported crimes Sex Signals made date rape you can still go to the police we have,” Terry said. “It an approachable topic. and file a report if that’s makes sense because it’s really hard to prove – proving someone’s in- what you choose to do. Here at UB, we have tention is really rough, especially if alcohol is the ability for people to report anonymously involved, if they already know each other, or online, so we have that option as well.” if they liked each other at one point. It ends Sex Signals has come to UB and has now left up being that ‘he-said-she-said’ game.” to continue its national tour. However, the Sex Signals stressed that, although the stereotype is that one is most likely to be raped by someone he or she doesn’t know in a back alley, most rapes occur between people that know each other.

“If we don’t call these people out, we run the risk of letting it happen again,” Terry said.

“On average, they’ll do it about six more times.”

actors hope that their message rang clear to those who attended.

“I hope the conversation continues. At our very best, our thoughts stick with them,” Terry said. “But we leave, so we only hope that we can reach them, and they can continue this conversation with each other honestly.” g

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Yes, It’s My Real Name MICHAEL TYSON  Asst. Life Edtior

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“Is that your real name?” “Were you named after the real one?” “Please don’t bite my ears off!” and “I bet you get a lot of comments on your name” top the list of reactions I get when people learn my name.

The question as to whether it is indeed my real name tops the list. I am always tempted to quip something along the lines of “Yes, I changed my name to seem like a has-been-psychotic-ear-biting boxer who is also a convicted rapist.”

I’m not entirely certain as to why there is a possibility that I would not be using my real name when it sounds like a real one.

If I introduced myself as Windex Nintendo or Blinking Light, then I could understand the question, but the fact that one notorious celebrity shares the same first and last name as I do does not seem a good enough reason.

As to whether I was named after the “real one,” I don’t know where to start. Yes, the boxer/rapist is 11 years older than I am, but he certainly was not making headlines by the time I was born. The first part of this question is becoming more understandable as I get older, but when I was in fourth grade and he was just becoming famous, I wanted to knock out people that asked me this. Ironic, I know.

The other part of this question, which calls into doubt my own reality, is really infuriating. Our celebrity-obsessed culture has become so enamored with anyone that has the least amount of fame that they are actually given an extra amount of reality.

This is a rather existential point that only people with the same names as celebrities can appreciate.

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A Skylit Drive fails to create its own identity on Identity on Fire.

Rotten to the Post-Hardcore EDWARD BENOITStaff Writer Artist: A Skylit Drive Album: Identity on Fire Label: Fearless Release Date: Feb. 15 Grade: D+ Boring, repetitive, and above all generic, A Skylit Drive have failed to find themselves on their new album, Identity on Fire.

The fact that Identity on Fire is the band’s third album in four years might lead some to conclude that A Skylit Drive is fairly prolific. However, a certain degree of creative output has to be expected when that output consists solely of three-and-ahalf minute songs that are all virtually identical.

Take “Conscience Is a Killer,” the fourth track of Identity on Fire. On an album where all the songs sound the same, it’s as representative a track as any other.

The first segment of the track is dominated by Michael Jagmin’s cringingly whiny vocals, with interjections from guitarist Brian White’s hardcore screams coming in at various points.

Both vocal parts are disproportionately loud when compared to the band’s instrumental sections, perhaps to cover up the

fact that none of the instrumentation is particularly interesting.

This rather uninspired formula is repeated on all of the album’s dozen tracks, to varying degrees.

Some tracks, like “Ex Marks the Spot,” are heavier and feature more of White than Jagmin.

Others, like “The Cali Buds” and “Tempt Me Temptation,” play around with texturing and phrasing for a whopping 20 or 30 seconds before degenerating into the same generic schlock that makes up the rest of the album.

The one interesting track of the album, the titular “Identity on Fire,” reeks badly of the band trying way too hard. Featuring an arrangement more haphazard than complex, it takes a tone that tries so badly to be “hardcore” it’s almost laughable. “Identity on Fire” is just barely better than the 10 awful tracks that precede it. Still, trying too hard is preferable to not trying at all.

“I bet you get a lot of comments” is actually the number one response. It just doesn’t irk me as much as the others. It does seem to be the most sympathetic response, and I don’t really mind it so much, it just amazes me how often completely different people come up with the same sentence, almost word for word.

The most bizarre reaction to my name, in my opinion, is people who are surprised that I am white. I understand their misconception, I suppose, but it still seems odd that someone would assume I am black simply because the boxer that shares my name is.

I’ve met other people with famous names as well. One guy I know is named Chris Brown, which was uncomfortable for him for a little while with the whole partner abuse scandal, but that seems to have blown over a little bit, and somehow, his seems like a more common name.

It is really a detriment to people in my position to have their names associated with such infamy. I plan on entering a career where my name is the first thing that people see. If they think of the boxer, I fear their preconceptions will blur my work. It is because of this that I now go by Michael and am taking steps to change my last name.

This has been a real dilemma to me in my life because it is the name I have always had, it is my tie to my family, and it is my main source of identification. Unfortunately, it has been corrupted, and I must sever myself from it in order to have a better future.

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There are times I wish that my name had the anonymity of most names, or, at worst, had a positive spin. But I guess it could always be worse, like Charlie Sheen, Karl Rove, or Hosni Mubarak. g

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Unexpected Laughs STEVEN WROBELStaff Writer Every college student needs to take a break and blow off some steam in a responsible way. Improvisational comedy is one such outlet that stressed-out students can turn to when they simply cannot stand to look at their textbooks any longer.

“Improv gives me that outlet to be myself and makes others laugh,” said Tal Kissos, a sophomore media study and communication major, and vice president of UB Improv. “Not only is it an incredible way to express yourself, but it’s also tons of fun.”

UB Improv was founded two years ago after an improvisational comedy workshop was held at UB. After becoming an official club in Fall 2009, UB Improv has continued to grow.

Ed Caravajo, a senior psychology and theatre major, was one of the original founding members of the club and is now its president. “[Improv] lets you explore the limits of your spontaneity…while working together as a team to create some great laughs,” Caravajo said.

UB Improv has “fun improv jam sessions” during which students, regardless of previous experience, can learn and perform improv at whatever pace they feel comfortable. These sessions take place every Monday, and shows take place on Thursday. Both events are open to the public.

The club is planning to host a three-day improv festival called Improvfest. The festival will be held from April 1 to April 3, and will showcase both collegiate and professional improv comedy groups.

One of the professional groups that Caravajo hopes will attend is Buffalo ComedySportz, a local improv comedy club.

Buffalo ComedySportz was founded in 1993 by Randy Reese. After seeing the original ComedySportz franchise in Milwaukee, Reese decided that this concept could be brought to Buffalo.

The ComedySportz franchise has been around since 1985 and has locations across the U.S., England, and Germany. The Buffalo ComedySportz franchise has

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been around for over 17 years, which, according to Reese, makes it the longest-running show of its kind outside of New York City.

“The TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a form of the improv we do, [and] although the TV show was heavily edited, our show is live,” Reese said.

Points are awarded to each team after the end of each of the seven rounds, which decides the winning team.

According to Reese, there are three things that make the show successful: “It’s never the same show twice, it’s competitive, and it’s clean.”

Buffalo ComedySportz is a show for all ages, as it incorporates humor in a way that is both funny and appropriate. Events take place in the Mighty Awesome Comedysportz Arena (MACARENA, for short) in a team-style format, placing contestants on either the red or blue team.

The teams are aptly named The Red Hot Wingz and The Bleu Cheesez. Each event begins with the national anthem, and has referees, penalties, a halftime, and is played on Astroturf. Audience participation is expected for suggestions.

Buffalo ComedySportz hosts events every Friday and Saturday night as well as improv classes, troupe tryouts, and special events during the week. At the end of April, the group will be hosting the fourth annual Improvathon, a comedy event that will include 50 straight hours of comedy.

Buffalo ComedySportz has also entered a bid to host the 2013 ComedySportz World Championships, an event which places troupes from each of the ComedySportz franchises against each other. “[Improv] brings out the funny in people more than anything else,” Caravajo said.

For more information on UB Improv, visit one of its improv practice sessions on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. in 145A Student Union or its shows held on Thursdays from 8 to 9 p.m. in 101 Baldy.

Buffalo ComedySportz is located on the corner of Main Street and Harlem Road in Amherst, two miles from South Campus. Shows are Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students and $10 for adults. Visit its website at http://www.buffalocsz.com/ g

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A Week in Ink: Issue No. 16

The Flash No. 9: The Road to Flashpoint After Barry Allen’s recent stint with the world’s future police, life has slowed down; well, as much as possible for a policescientist, superhero that runs at nearly the speed of light.

Allen’s life, however, will quickly shift back into high gear, as the death of Central City’s up-andcoming junior superhero, Elastic Kid, will test the police scientist’s investigation skills to the max.

With one of comics’ most well known authors at the helm of the series, Geoff Johns has, over the past few months, done something amazing for the Scarlet Speedster and reimagined the Flash’s existence within the DC universe. Flash’s latest adven-

ture serves as a prelude to DC’s event of the year, “Flashpoint.”

Essentially, the Flash will wake up in an altered timeline with a few familiar faces, a near Mad Max-style Central City, and even more questions than the great Brainiac could compute. As the story arc looms ominously over the Flash’s current situation, Barry Allen must figure out the case before his Tron-inspired, future self commences his timealtering agenda.

The prelude to DC’s main event sets the stage perfectly, and all eyes will be on Barry Allen as he unravels a murder-mystery of cosmic proportions.

Black Panther No. 515 As Daredevil embarks on his soul-searching adventure in the American Midwest, the area that continues to be the center of Marvel’s recent story arcs, “Hell’s Kitchen” will need some looking after. Thankfully, there’s a Wakandian king who will gladly step in for a friend in need.

Without the riches, the technology or any comforts from his home, T’Challa takes back the roughest streets in Marvel’s illustrious history in “Black Panther No. 515.”

Black Panther is the ideal candidate to step in after the wake of the Shadowland fiasco, though just as T’Challa begins to enjoy his new urban surroundings, a twisted Romanian, Vlad the Impaler, seeks to ruin the neighborhood Matt Murdock worked so hard to protect.

Artist Francesco Francavilla illustrates the Wakandian royalty in an absolutely stunning way, as deep reds and astonishing blacks prominently engulf the page. Not to mention that the fight scenes between T’Challa and the Eastern European crime lord are done in such a way that the action feels extremely intense, a

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technique that is often underachieved in the comic book realm.

David Liss writes a compelling plot while still interweaving humorous dialogue throughout this week’s issue. Team Marvel has created two successful story arcs in the wake of last year’s Daredevil crisis, and has done an impressive job with both.

With two of Marvel’s fiercest heroes occupied in finding themselves, it leaves the rest of the hero community relatively out of the picture, at least for now.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun No. 2 In the land of the d20, stories are told in the most interactive of ways. Looking to capitalize on D&D’s latest campaign setting, writer Alex Irvine has relatively soiled the pages of the latest edition to the franchise.

In a mere 22 pages, Irvine manages to weave a tale so uninteresting and completely irrelevant that even the most hardcore of dungeon masters will wonder how such a confusing comic would even be published.

Thanks to artist Peter Bergting, the fantastic fantasy setting is at least done a bit of justice, though it is still severely lacking compared to the wondrous imagery the franchise has available to it.

While the attempt to bring the d20 game to life is applaudable, this issue has rolled a one on all of its skill checks.

Amongst this issue of absolute misery, there is solace for those who spent $4 on a waste-of-time in comic incarnate: the monster stats for the villains in the issue.

This addition allows players of the game a chance, for whatever

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reason, to recreate this tale of absolute mediocrity.

The ink and panel interpretation of the latest D&D setting is one that should probably receive a supreme cleave from publisher IDW, yet, for nothing else, this comic represents a great plot not to use in your weekly roundtable sessions. g

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Bulls Get Zipped ANDREIUS COLEMANStaff Writer Wings and wows were shared by all in attendance for a dramatic conference showdown at Alumni Arena on Wednesday evening.

In the last matchup of a three-game home stretch, the Bulls (13-12, 6-6 Mid-American Conference) lost a nailbiter against Akron (12-12, 5-7 MAC). An impressive effort from the Zips’ bench players led to a 71–67 win over Buffalo on Wing Wednesday.

Junior guard Brittany Hedderson had a career shooting performance in the game, but the result would not match her success. Head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald called a phantom timeout with nine seconds to go right after a game-tying fadeaway shot from behind the arc. The resulting technical foul cost Buffalo the game.

Despite allowing 22 points off of turnovers, the Zips were able to pull off the upset and record their third consecutive win. This was due to the 22-point contribution from Akron’s bench. Akron forward Jasmine Mushington led that charge with a team-high of 16 points.

Freshman forward Rachel Bantelman was the only Bull to contribute off of the bench, scoring four points in the contest. Bantelman played some important minutes for Buffalo, most notably when she replaced senior forward Kourtney Brown, who was forced to leave the game with a knee injury.

Hill-MacDonald was not sure if the knee was the same one that Brown injured last season, but she was skeptical of the Zips’ aggressiveness toward her star player.

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Beth Christensen (42) and the women’s basketball team could not overcome Akron on Wednesday evening.

“Every game we go into, Kourtney has a target on her back,” Hill-MacDonald said. “They had three people surrounding her, and she got tripped in there. It could have been a devastating injury. I think that sometimes

it’s accidental, but sometimes you just wonder whether there is not just a little pushing and shoving going on to keep her out of the lane.”

Brown and senior forward Jessica Fortman, who combined for 30 points in the game, were the only Bulls in the scoring column until Hedderson connected on a threepointer from the wing with less than five minutes remaining in the first half. She would hit again from long range and account for Buffalo’s only two 3-pointers in the period.

In the second half, Hedderson would hit five more from behind the arc to finish the game with seven 3-pointers, which ties her for third place in school history for threes in a game.

She also grabbed six rebounds, including one off of her own miss, which she put back for her only 2-point field goal of the game.

Hill-MacDonald was pleased with Hedderson’s performance for the night.

“Brittany was in the right place,” Hill-MacDonald said. “Her spacing was good. [Akron] was doubling down on Kourtney and we were able to take advantage of the fact that they were playing loose on Brittany. She needs to step up and knock down her shots because she knows that I have confidence in her to take that shot. Today was a good day for her.”

The last time these two teams met, Hedderson scored just nine points when the Bulls defeated the Zips in Akron. She felt her ability to contribute 23 for Buffalo was due to reviewing what she did wrong in their previous meeting.

“I think it really helps, seeing a little bit of the film from the last game against Akron,” Hedderson said. “I noticed I was doing a lot of standing and not really setting myself up. I think seeing that helped me to realize that I need to move better off the ball.”

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SPORTS Senior Day Key Matchups MATTHEW PARRINOSenior Sports Editor

#15 Mark Lewandowski (27-11) vs. #25 Bryan Deutsch (19-8) 157-pound weight class Lewandowski, a redshirt sophomore, has been the breakout performer for the Bulls this season. He’s won his last five matches and is 4-0 in the MidAmerican Conference.

Deutsch has won his last two matches and has been one of the more consistent wrestlers for the Huskies this season.

Head coach Jim Beichner has liked what he’s seen from Lewandowski this year.

Courtesy of Jeff Parker

This Sunday is the wrestling team’s annual Takedown Cancer event. The team will raise money for charity during their meet against Northern Illinois.

Parker Continues to Inspire MATTHEW PARRINOSenior Sports Editor

“Mark is just starting to turn into a great college wrestler,” Beichner said. “What you want to do is continue to do what is working… What he’s doing right now is very solid, and I will suggest to him to stay focused on what he’s doing now.”

Wrestling is an intense sport. It takes mental toughness and the ability to dominate your opponent physically on the mat to be the best.

#6 Desi Green (27-4) vs. Vince Castillo (9-13)

The late Jeff Parker, a former Buffalo Bulls wrestler, gave everything he had while wrestling at UB and gave even more in his fight against cancer. On Sunday afternoon, UB Athletics and the current squad will do their best to honor his fight.

149-pound weight class Green, a redshirt junior, is now three wins shy of 100 for his career, and he’s hoping to take care of Castillo to move one step closer. He’s won his last six matches and is rounding into form as he takes aim at his second MAC Tournament title.

Castillo came into the season with high expectations but has been disappointing. He hopes to knock off Green to add one highlight to his season.

#29 Jimmy Hamel (29-17) vs. Brad Dieckhaus (12-8) 184-pound weight class This match marks the last regular season action for Hamel, a redshirt senior who has had a memorable career at UB. He just won his 100th match this year and is looking to add a MAC Tournament win to close out his career.

Dieckhaus has won his last two but has been inconsistent this season. This should be an interesting match and should provide some excitement as the junior hopes to ruin senior day for Hamel. g

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“When events like this happen, they’re usually done for a reason,” said head coach Jim Beichner. “You don’t usually take a bad guy who had a bad name and bad character and start a ‘Takedown Cancer’ event around his name…He was a great student, he was a good wrestler, and he was a great friend. He was a person you just wanted to be around. Every single picture ever taken of Jeff, he was smiling.”

The Bulls (8-8, 1-3 Mid-American Conference) will host Northern Illinois (5-10, 1-4 MAC) for the second annual Takedown Cancer event at Alumni Arena. Buffalo has struggled in conference play this season, and this event could be the perfect motivation the team needs to take things up a notch.

Team motivation is by no means a reason for the event, but Beichner hopes his team is able to rally around the fans and the day.

“I hope, because of the fans and stuff like that, our guys get an extra boost,” Beichner said. “The intention is to raise money for cancer, raise money for Carly’s Club, and to raise money for Jeff’s foundation.”

Parker was diagnosed with cancer in the spring of 2009 and just like he did throughout his wrestling career, he fought ferociously until he lost the battle on May 22, 2010.

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The original idea for the event was to raise funds for Parker in case he needed extra money for treatment. He was able to pay for most things because he had good insurance, but Beichner and company wanted him to have everything he needed.

Parker didn’t want the event to be about him.

Even during the toughest times, he maintained the selfless attributes that came to define him. He wanted all the proceeds to go to Carly’s Club, which supports children diagnosed with cancer and their families, so that other people who suffered from cancer could get some financial help.

This attitude is part of the reason Parker was awarded the “Ideal Bull” award. It goes to the person that best exemplifies top performance in every walk of life.

Last year, the event raised over $30,000 and continued to exceed some of the wildest expectations for people involved. The proceeds went to Carly’s Club and The Jeff Parker Foundation. This year, the wrestling team reached out to Carly’s Club and will give additional financial assistance to specific families in need.

There will also be wrestling at the event, and the Bulls hope to build some momentum heading into the MAC Tournament. Buffalo has dropped three of its last four MAC meets, and Beichner is looking for his team to start moving in more of a winning direction.

Beichner looks forward to this year’s event and to all the future events to help take down cancer.

“It’s important to us because Jeff was close to us,” Beichner said. “Hopefully it’s something we can put on every year.” g

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Carey’s Corner CAREY BEYERSports Editor I love the dunk contest during the NBA’s All-Star weekend. I could not tell you which conference has won any of the games, but I can tell you that Dwight Howard threw that ball in and it shouldn’t have counted. What I can’t get over is the lack of LeBronathon Raymone James in the festivities.

I have nothing against LeBron. As a very casual professional basketball fan, I could not have cared less when King James decided to take his talents to sunny South Beach over the balmy climates of New York, Cleveland, or Chicago. However, it bothers me that the man who is arguably the league’s best showman and dunker would continually pass up the opportunity to show off some of his more useless skills.

With no incumbent winners competing in this year’s contest, and James too busy polishing his nails or something, what could we possibly look forward to? Blake Griffin.

If you don’t know who Blake Griffin is, then let’s face it, you’re not reading this piece, so I’m not going to go into who he is. He’s Blake “I Can’t Believe He Actually Qualifies as a Rookie” Griffin.

Here’s the thing. I want to see Griffin take on James in the dunk contest. It’s the only thing I want to see in basketball. This is the Mayweather-Pacquiao of the NBA. It is not going to happen unless Griffin comes out and personally insults James on a national scale.

Well, good news everyone! I have taken it upon myself to pen just such a letter for Griffin, and you all get a sneak peak.

CLINTON HODNETT /// THE SPECTRUM

LeBron, that even though I’m going to be dominating lesser opponents, I’ll be thinking of you.

I just can’t help but wonder why you won’t show up. Remember last year ,when you promised to compete? I do. What happened, LeBron? Were you too busy getting ready for the playoffs with the Cavaliers?

Were you working on your conditioning?

Apparently not.

But I can get over that, LeBron. I didn’t compete last year either. It was because I had a broken kneecap, but I’m sure your excuse was just as good. My focus is on this year and I can’t believe the fact that you won’t accept my invite to duel me in my own house.

I guess I’ll have to just come up with a way to cope without you, LeBron. I’m actually hanging out with Delonte West tonight. He introduced me to this really nice chick the other day, so I’m sure that I can come up with something to keep myself busy while you’re not around. The funny thing is that she actually said that she knows you. That’s probably just a coincidence, though.

I don’t know, man. Maybe I should just give up. I guess you get to keep the title of best in the league without actually proving it.

I’m just a rookie. What do I know? They call you the King, LeBron, but just remember that every kingdom falls.

Sincerely,

Dearest LeBron,

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So, I hear that you will not be competing in the dunk contest this year. That’s unfortunate because I was really looking forward to seeing you there. I mean, I know you’re busy doing nothing on Saturday, but I’m really going to miss you when I step out there and embarrass everyone else. Just know,

Griffin just has to sign his name to the letter and send it off to Miami. If he needs James’ exact address, I’m sure that woman Delonte introduced him to has it. g

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WRESTLING 1) Who holds the most wins in Buffalo history?

1) Who is the most recent member of the 100-win club?

3) Who is the 2nd Annual Takedown Cancer event in memory of?

4) Who currently leads the team in takedowns?

5) What is Jim Beichner’s record as a Bulls coach?

6) Which coach has the highest winning percentage in the wrestling program’s history?

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7) Who is Buffalo’s most recent individual Mid-American Conference champion?

8) How many All-Americans did the wrestling program have?

9) When did the wrestling program enter the MAC? 10) Who is the considered the father of UB wrestling?

1) Kyle Cerminara (137) 2) Jimmy Hamel (12/5/10 at Penn State Open) 3) Jeff Parker, who lost his battle against cancer last year.

4) Desi Green (47) 5) 143-106-4 6) Ed Michael (.666) 7) Desi Green in the 149-pound weight class (2010) 8) 28 9) The 1998-99 season 10) Robert E. Rich Sr. (1913-2006)